[Info-vax] Reconfiguring VMS 6.2 - Shadow set question

supervinx nessuno at libero.it
Mon Oct 22 12:27:07 EDT 2012


Well, folks ... you're right ... you missed some details ;)
(I didn't provide them, sorry !)

1) I have a small collection (online museum)
http://www.supervinx.com/Retrocomputer

2) I like to keep the machines working and, if possible, in the state they
were when I acquired them.

3) I already opened the Jensen, cleaned and did a photogallery. 
It's the first thing I do, always ...
So, if I say that DKA200: and DKA400: are missing, they are really missing !
There are only two disks in the inside, one put under the PSU, since it hasn't
the required bracket and cage.

4) DKA300: has a working Oracle 7 installation. I'll clear personal data
and keep it. This is an argument against "pave and nuke" ;)

5) Startup DCL scripts are very simple. SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM has been heavily edited:
are left only some symbol definitions, then it calls a customized DCL
script heavily, and I mean *heavily* commented, so it's easy to know
what to do.

6) I prefer, since it's not a production machine and I own other DEC workhorses
to leave VMS 6.2 and the Digital logo.

7) Apart of startup error and informational messages (can't connect to 
some servers, some script missing, etc ...) the machine is running fine and 
it responsivity is more than acceptable.

8) I had from you the needed answers. I can remove the DKA200: and DKA400: 
references from the MOUNT command (in the customized script), leave the
one-disk shadow sets DSA0: and DSA1: and live happily !

9) Jensen is a (may I say so ?) "scrappy" machine. Looks like a 
out-of-the-shelf PC. Cables are very messy in the inside. The other DEC
machines I own are very clean, instead. The EISA bus is another story :(
But, with an historical perspective, I can include it in my collection,
right ?

Thanks to you all, obviously ;)



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